Cribbage board



Dec. 9, 1947.

Patented Dec. 9, 1947 ZABZJti UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CRIBBAGE BOARD Charles J. Manuel, Durham, N. H. Application August 14,1946, Serial No. 690,475

2 Claims.

The invention relates to an improved type of cribbage board.

The essential object of the invention is to provide a cribbage boardthat can conveniently be used when there are more than two players.

The conventional cribbage board can not conveniently be used when thereare more than two players. Such would require at least three sets of pegholes parallelly disposed, and while access might be had to theindividual sets of holes by the respective players yet such access wouldnot be convenient. Even with the conventional board where there are twosets of peg holes parallelly disposed and to which two players mighthave easy access yet even in such case it might be better if thesections during the playing did not lie side by side parallellydisposed.

It is accordingly the object of my invention to overcome thedifficulties above referred to, especially where more than two areplaying, and even provide a better board when two are playing, byproviding what may be termed a radiatable board or one composed ofindividual sections each hav ing the conventional number of peg holestogether with any other holes in which the pegs may be deposited, andwhich sections are capable of lying nested parallelly disposed when theboard is not in use but capable of having in use a radiate type ofstructure or one in which the individual sections would have a radialdisposition angularly disposed with relation to each other.

The invention can best be seen and understood by reference to thedrawings in which the board is illustrated as essentially adaptable forthree players.

Fig. 1 is a plan of the board with its individual sections unradiatedwhen the board is not in use.

Fig. 2 is a rear end elevation of the board as shown in Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a plan of the board with the individual sections radiated asthe board is used, and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged plan of a section of the board.

Referring to the drawings: l represents the cribbage board. The board iscomposed of individual sections comprising an intermediate secticn 2 andouter sections 3 and 4, respectively. Each section contains theconventional peg holes for any individual player. Mortised within oneend of the intermediate section is a cross plate 5 with laterallyprojecting ends 6 having slots l formed therein. These projecting endsof the plate extend to lie contained, respectively, in slots 8 formed inthe ends of the outer sections. Pins It are passed, respectively,through the ends of 2 the outer sections and through the slots 1 formedin the recessed ends of the plate whereby the outer sections may beturned to lie nested parallelly disposed with the intermediate sectionas shown in Fig. 1, or the outer sections be turned to extend outwardlyand lie angularly disposed with relation to each other and to theintermediate section, as shown in Fig. 3, thus converting the board intoa radiate type of structure in which the sections are easily accessibleto three players.

It will be observed that the slots 1 formed in the projecting ends ofthe plate and recessed in the ends of the outer sections are angularlyturned slots with turned ends I. When the sections are nested together,as shown in Fig. 1, the pins passing through the slots will lie withinthe turned ends 7 of the slots so that the outer sections cannot beturned outwardly until they have been so slideably moved that the pinswill leave the turned ends of the slots and enter the main portions ofthe slots when the outer sections may be turned outwardly into theirradiated positions. Not only do the pins contained in the turned ends ofthe slots in the recessed ends of the plate assist in holding thesections in nested parallel engagement, as shown in Fig. 1, but thesections are also held nested by pins II on the sides of the outersections fitting snugly within holes l2 formed in the adjacent sides ofthe intermediate section.

When two are playing the board may be used as shown in Fig. 1 or one ofthe outer sections may be turned out.

I claim:

1. A cribbage board composed of individual sections and comprising anintermediate section and outer sections, each section having theconventional peg holes, the outer sections having slots formed in theends thereof, a cross plate embedded within the end of the intermediatesection with laterally projecting slotted ends recessed to lie containedwithin the slots formed in the outer ends of the outer sections, andpins passed respectively through the ends of the outer sections andthrough the slots formed in the recessed ends of the plate whereby thesections may be turned to lie nested parallelly disposed, or the outersections be turned to extend outwardly and lie angularly disposed withrelation to each other and to the intermediate section.

2. A cribbage board composed of individual sections and comprising anintermediate section and outer sections, each section having theconventional peg holes, the outer sections having slots formed in theends thereof, a cross plate embedded Within the end of the intermediatesection with laterally projecting ends recessed to lie contained withinthe slots formed in the ends of the outer sections, said projecting endsof the plate having angularly turned slots formed therein withdownwardly turned ends, and pins passed respectively through the ends ofthe outer sections and through the slots in the recessed ends of theplate and lying within the turned end portions of the slots when thesections lie nested together parallelly disposed or upon slideablymoving the outer sections he moved out of the turned ends of the slotswhen the outer sections may be turned to extend outwardly and lieangularly disposed with relation to each other and to the intermediatesection.

CHARLES J. MANUEL.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 Number Name Date 1,977,842 Badanes Oct. 23,1934, 2,108,527 Cudmore Feb. 15, 1938 2,384,040 Miller Sept. 4, 1945

